Cornell University
OP-T2-43: Move-Out Waste Reduction

Dump & Run is Cornell’s annual campus-wide waste-reduction and recycling program to reduce move-out waste. Student and staff volunteers collect items students might otherwise throw away when leaving campus in May, sort and organize the collected items over the summer, and resell them at a large community sale when students return in August. Items are collected from both university owned residence halls and apartments, as well privately owned apartments and houses. Items collected include clothing, shoes, organizational units, working appliances and electronics, furniture, sporting items, coat hangers, decorations, new toiletries, non-perishable food, text books, etc. Proceeds from each Dump & Run sale are donated to local nonprofit organizations. This year's sale will benefit Cops, Kids & Toys; Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC); Loaves & Fishes; Shelter Outreach Services, Finger Lakes ReUse, and United Way of Tompkins County. Since Cornell's Dump & Run program began in 2003, the university's program has contributed more than $275,000 to Ithaca-area charities. In 2013, 30 tons of reusable were diverted from landfills. Dump & Run is organized by Cornell students, with support from Campus Life. Cornell's program is modeled after a national program; visit http://living.sas.cornell.edu/explore/news/1308-dump-run-sale.cfm